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Over the last 3 years I have been painting a series called God's Own. They were very much inspired by the beautiful Yorkshire landscape with rolling green hills and dark brooding skies. Most of them were painted with oil on canvas and the largest being 1m x 1m.

I tend to use oil and pigment sticks when I'm starting a painting to get some initial marks down on the paper but they can also be used to work into a painting. The painting does need to be somewhat dry in order to transfer your marks and ensure you are not just moving paint about.

When I first approach April at the Craft House in Saltaire last year about running some workshops with her neither of us anticipated how popular they would be.  We are now fully booked until June 2019 and have recently launched some new dates to take us up to the end of 2019!

So pleased to have my work included in this fantastic book featuring 50 awesome female writers, poets and artists. The book will be released in October 2018 in a timely publication that marks the centenary year of women’s suffrage.

I have been using Arches Huille paper since I first started using oil and cold wax and I love it!  But I really wanted to scale up and see what could be achieved on a larger scale using the paper and oil and cold wax.  The valley trembles is my first large scale painting using oil and cold wax on paper.

Two years ago I first heard about the artists residency at Brisons Veor in Cornwall and I knew I really wanted to go and spend the time to explore the area and paint to my heart's content. It wasn't all plain sailing though as Brisons is a pretty competitive place to get in to plus Cornwall is quite a drive from Saltaire, especially for someone who doesn't drive very often!  This is the first article of three which document my experiences of applying to and taking up a residency at Brisons Veor.